Chapter 169 Details Determine Success or Failure

Anyone who had watched Happy's matches had a familiar feeling when they saw this scene. In the group stage against Team Mysterious, Happy's player Mo Fan and his Deception had been just like this, unhurriedly and patiently following their opponents, waiting for the most opportune moment to suddenly attack. After gaining an advantage, they wouldn't be greedy, instead retreating, and then repeating this process until they killed their opponent.

Seeing Qiao Yifan's One Inch Ash quietly circling behind his opponent, everyone couldn't help but think of that day's match. Although it was a different player this time, it was after all the same team. Could they be using the same strategy? If that were the case, it would be a bit boring!

Boos arose from the audience. Clearly, Mo Fan's style was particularly unpopular. If he defeated his opponent with one sneak attack, the audience would enjoy it. But Mo Fan always went back and forth repeatedly, always stopping just when things were about to reach a climax, retreating instead. He played skillfully and smoothly, but the audience was teased by this rhythm, always feeling like they couldn't quite catch their breath, feeling stifled and uncomfortable.

With the previous lesson fresh in their minds, the audience booed when they saw Qiao Yifan seemingly about to do the same thing.

Amidst the boos, Xiao Jie glanced at Happy's side, but he wasn't flustered. That kind of slow, grinding style was indeed annoying, but this was a team competition, not an individual competition, and each player would have to face a gauntlet of opponents. And this slow, grinding style, although not pleasing to the eye, actually tested the player's skill and consumed their mental energy. In a team competition, players couldn't just focus on defeating their current opponent. For the overall victory, everyone needed to preserve as much combat power as possible while defeating their current opponent, and create as much burden as possible for the next opponent. Therefore, this kind of excessively consuming style was not very suitable for a team competition.

The on-stage players of Team Zhuxian also seemed to have heard the boos, and suddenly became vigilant.

After traveling a distance, they didn't see the opponent's character. Common sense dictated that the opponent was preparing to launch a sneak attack. This was a very common tactic, but when it came to Happy, it had to be taken more seriously, because Deception's endless stalking and Windward Formation's shameless hiding were both extremely disgusting.

However, having learned from Team Mysterious's probing, Zhuxian's players were naturally mentally prepared. As soon as they discovered that the opponent had such intentions, they didn't panic and immediately rushed to the location where Happy's characters spawned. This was taking a lesson from Team Mysterious's previous match, so they wouldn't waste their energy searching randomly while the opponent was hiding somewhere.

Xiao Jie nodded with satisfaction when he saw that his players had reacted quickly and responded appropriately. They had actively prepared for Happy and had specifically studied the current situation. The Ghostblade player's response was completely in line with Xiao Jie's thinking, which made him feel very at ease. Although One Inch Ash wasn't actually hiding at the spawn point at this time, as long as they followed this line of thinking, there would be no problems.

Just as Xiao Jie was thinking this, a flash of light suddenly appeared on the field, and Qiao Yifan's One Inch Ash launched an attack at this moment.

The Zhuxian player was preparing to check the respawn point first, but that didn't mean he had relaxed his vigilance against his surroundings. Qiao Yifan's timing for this sneak attack was really bad. Ghost Slash dodged the sword with a roll on the spot, and then followed up with a Crescent Moon Slash as he stood up. The Crescent Moon Slash and Full Moon Slash were originally two skills, but because the connection between the two skills was smooth, beautiful, and practical, they were almost always linked together, like a two-hit combo of a single skill.

One Inch Ash dodged the previous Crescent Moon Slash, but was hit by this Full Moon Slash. After being blown away, he rolled twice on the ground before steadying himself. Seeing Ghost Slash's blade approaching again, he quickly turned around and fled.

"Hahahaha." Xiao Jie laughed when he saw this scene. What does it mean to try to steal a chicken only to lose the rice? In his opinion, the best explanation was right in front of him. Happy's sneak attack was really bad. Not only did they fail to take the initiative, but they also put themselves in a passive position. Xiao Jie felt extremely happy watching them get chased by Zhuxian. He couldn't help but take a couple of glances at Happy's side.

Xiao Jie really hoped that the faces of Happy's team members would show some anxiety! But when he turned his head, he saw that they were all sitting there calmly, especially Ye Xiu, who even had a smile on his face!

Xiao Jie really wanted to say something, but seeing that no one turned around to pay attention to him, he finally held back.

On the field, Qiao Yifan's One Inch Ash turned and entered a small alley to his side. The map for the team arena was an ancient town. In the setting sun, although One Inch Ash immediately turned after entering the alley, his shadow was cast long behind him. Ghost Slash saw it just as he rushed over and calmly sped up to catch up.

"Tsk tsk, details determine success or failure!" Xiao Jie said with emotion. The broadcast of Happy's match against Zhuxian was still being televised, and the various angles shown in the arena also included broadcast footage. At that moment, a special shot was given of the long shadow that One Inch Ash dragged behind him, and the broadcast commentator analyzed Qiao Yifan's mistake in real time.

"He should have faced away from the setting sun, not towards it..." the commentator was saying, but then he saw One Inch Ash stop, squat behind the wall, and cast a Blade Soul to increase his strength and intelligence, ready for a sneak attack.

"Well... I believe the Zhuxian player won't be unprepared," the commentator said confidently. Using corners to sneak attack was a very basic tactic. How could professional players not be wary of it?

Sure enough, Ghost Slash of Zhuxian didn't walk close to the wall when he chased over, but took two extra steps to make a larger arc. How could any professional player not understand this basic operation of opening up space to defend against sneak attacks?

But even so, One Inch Ash still swung the katana in his hand, and a Crescent Moon Slash swept towards Ghost Slash, along with the man and the blade.

"Tsk tsk, this sneak attack..." The commentator was about to comment that this sneak attack was as careless as Qiao Yifan's previous rash attack, but then he saw Ghost Slash of Zhuxian act like an idiot, raising the katana in his hand, not knowing what he was going to do. He just let One Inch Ash's Crescent Moon Slash hit him.

After the Crescent Moon Slash came the Full Moon Slash, exactly the same routine. But on top of the Full Moon Slash's knockback attack, Qiao Yifan quickly added a Ghost Slash. Ghost Slash's momentum was even stronger, like a cannonball, and he plunged straight into the mud over there. The Zhuxian player quickly performed a quick recovery, and Ghost Slash's head hit the ground, turning into a dolphin kick. While rolling, he turned sideways, and the blade flashed from under his arm. At the same time as he rolled up, he swung a Draw Sword Slash behind him.

As a result, the blade flashed out, but One Inch Ash didn't come over at all. Over there, the blade was unfurled, and the power of ghosts surged out, and two ghost arrays were laid down in succession.

The broadcast commentator was busy at this time! He was busy explaining the current situation, but he couldn't let go of how Ghost Slash was hit by One Inch Ash's sneak attack just now. It shouldn't have happened! Such a simple sneak attack, even he could have dodged it if he were on the field, right?

However, the two sides were currently engaged in fierce combat, and there was no way to cut back to the replay of the previous scene. The commentator could only focus on the present, and he was stunned as he watched and spoke...

"Happy's One Inch Ash has now released the fourth ghost array, turning this small area into a ghost array encyclopedia. Zhuxian's Ghost Slash doesn't seem to have many options. There are high walls behind him on the left and right, and the only way out is blocked by One Inch Ash. Everyone, look, One Inch Ash didn't throw all the ghost arrays in there all at once. There is a hierarchy between the arrays, so when Ghost Slash tries to rush out, he will be blocked layer by layer, making it difficult to control the rhythm. One Inch Ash is much more composed. Draw Sword Slash! Oh, Ghost Slash's reaction is still quite quick, he dodged it. Eh... what is he going to do... Ghost Slash is going straight ahead, but there's a wall over there! Ouch... he crashed into the wall, oh, it's Seed of Darkness, which we commonly call Dark Array. I'm sorry, because there are too many overlapping ghost arrays, I didn't notice it. When did One Inch Ash put it down? In short, Ghost Slash is now stepping in the Dark Array. The darkness state makes him unable to see the direction, and as a result, he went up the wall... This... is a bit embarrassing..."

"The effect of Dark Array seems to be canceled, Ghost Slash turned around... ouch, he's frozen again, Ice Array..."

"One Inch Ash has an absolute advantage. To be honest, I want to announce the victory in advance again, but because we have learned a lesson, let's finish watching the match first." The commentator analyzed the situation while joking about himself. In the last match, the commentator couldn't help but announce that Lin Yi would win, but he was slapped in the face by Baozi, so in this match, Qiao Yifan has a huge advantage, but he doesn't dare to draw conclusions lightly anymore.

"Ghost Slash is completely trapped inside by One Inch Ash, unable to come out. Happy's players have made full use of the terrain and the advantages of ghost arrays. Okay, now the broadcast screen is showing the operation of One Inch Ash's skill tree at this time. Thank you to the director for capturing this scene. Everyone, look, all of One Inch Ash's ghost arrays are in operation, so all the ghost arrays in the skill tree are in a cooldown state. Looking at the rotation of these cooldown clocks, don't you think it's a very beautiful rhythm? I think it would be even more wonderful if there was some background music at this time."

"Oh, now One Inch Ash is speeding up the rhythm, and the ghost arrays are being released even faster. There are currently, one, two, three, four, five... I'm sorry, viewers, I'm also a bit unable to count, but One Inch Ash suddenly gathered so many ghost arrays, what does he want to..."

"Ghost God Feast!!!"

"Beautiful! One Inch Ash launched Ghost God Feast. All the ghost arrays exploded, directly taking away all of Ghost Slash's remaining health in one wave. One Inch Ash won, a beautiful victory!" The broadcast commentator shouted passionately.